The Blue Card‚ which signals players who need to be removed from the field due to a concussion will be rolled out in the next few weeks.
The latest initiative by SA Rugby is aimed at targeting and managing the scourge of concussion in rugby.
This has prompted it to be extended to school and club level‚ the SA Rugby Junior Provincial Championships and the Currie Cup First Division. All concussions and suspected concussions will be recorded via a standardised referees blue card report‚ while an online reporting tool has also been developed‚ which is linked to SA Rugby’s Footprint system .
Jon Patricios‚ a professor in Sports Medicine who also serves as a specialist consultant for both World Rugby and SA Rugby on concussion matters‚ lauded the roll-out of the Blue Card:
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